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Defining Sustainable Aquaculture in the US

06 March 2015

US – Sustainability expert Dr Marty Matlock is to facilitate the first National Roundtable for Sustainable Aquaculture (NRSA) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on March 25-26.

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) is organising an unprecedented roundtable in order to stimulate stakeholder input across aquaculture species and inspire conversation about sustainable aquaculture in the US. The NRSA agenda will focus on the following topics:

Why Aquaculture Sustainability Matters to US Customers

Continuous Improvement Framework for Sustainable Aquaculture

Defining What Matters to US Aquaculture Producers and Stakeholders

Priorities for Sustainable Aquaculture

Metrics and Measurements of What Matters

Defining Sustainability for US Aquaculture

What Do We Know and How Well Do We Know It?

Dividing the Continuum of US Aquaculture: Production Categories and Regions

A pre-conference tour in Indiana is also being offered to share best practices and knowledge among the industry participants.

Moderating the roundtable, Dr Matlock is a professor of Ecological Engineering at University of Arkansas and Executive Director, Office for Sustainability, Biological and Agricultural Engineering.

The NRSA is a working stakeholder group representing a wide variety of aquaculture industries, researchers and practitioners. It is producer-driven and all-inclusive across aquatic systems and species.

NRSA recognises the challenges and opportunities of feeding the world population as the projected population growth, estimated by the United Nations, grows from about seven billion people today to about nine billion people by the year 2050.

Aquaculture will play a major role in feeding the world into the future. The three critical factors in the food supply chain include: safety, security and stability.